Side-bar wagon



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SIDE BAR WAGON. 'No. 249,471. Patented N07. 15,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. LE GRAND, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SlDE BAR WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,471, dated November 15, 1881.

' Application filed May 23,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs D. LE GRAND,

a citizen of the United States, residing in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania,

' have invented certain Improvementsin Side- Bar Wagons,of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an elastic support for the body of a side-bar wagon without interfering with the proper strength of the supporting structure, and this object I attain in the manner which Iwill now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bodysnpporting frame of the wagon constructed in ends upon said spring and axle.

Secured to the under side of each side bar, D, adjacent to the front end of the same, is a short spring, E, a similar spring, E, being se cured to the under side of each bar adjacent to the rear end of the same; and from the springs E E of each bar is suspended, by means of links a a, a central spring, F, carrying one of the brackets 12, to which the wagonbody is secured, these brackets beinginclined inward, so as to support the Wagon-body between the sidebars and permit the free vertical vibration of the same.

It will be seen that the supporting structure possesses the combined elasticity of the sidebars, the end springs, E E, and the central springs, F, so that an easy-riding wagon is insured, the arrangement of the springs directly 4o beneath the sidebars resulting in compactness and imparting a neat appearance to the vehicle. The end springs, EE, are rigidly secured to the side bars by means of the usual yokes, f, and nuts t; and in addition to this fastening one of the plates d of each spring E projects over the spring B, and is secured thereto by the yoke e, which fastens the side bar to the spring, the springs E being likewise secured to the rear axle by the confining-bolts of the side-bars.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the springs E E, adapted to be secured to the side bars of the wagon, with the springs F, suspended from the springs E E, and carrying the body-supporting brackets b, as set forth.

2. The combination of the supporting-spring B and axle A, the side bars, D, and the springs 11, with the springs-E E, carrying the springs F, and having projecting plates 01 secured to the said spring B and axleA by the bolts which secure the side-bars, as set forth.

3. The combination of the springs F,having the body-supportin g brackets b, the springs E E, adapted to be secured to the side bars, and the links a, whereby the springs F are suspended from the springs E E, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub- 70 scribing witnesses.

CHAS. D. LE GRAND. Witnesses:

MONTVILLE YOUNG, HENRY W. SMITH. 

